ARSENAL are looking to bring Barcelona's Munir El-Haddadi to the Emirates in January and will meet his £10million release clause, according to reports.

The 19-year-old has been a revelation after forcing himself into Luis Enrique's first-team plans, scoring on his league debut in a 3-0 win against La Liga minnows Elche.

Munir, who started his youth career with Atletico Madrid before joining Barca's famed academy in 2011, has already won his first senior cap for Spain and looks set for a bright future after being praised by a number of team-mates including Lionel Messi.

Enrique has urged the club to hand the starlet a new contract in a bid to ward off interest from top sides, but various reports claim that Arsene Wenger will take advantage of the bargain buyout clause to bring Munir to the Emirates in January.

The versatile forward is likely to lose his place in the side once record-signing Luis Suarez is available following his long-term suspension, and could be tempted to follow in the footsteps of Cesc Fabregas by making the move to north London.

His awareness and movement is superb and is excellent at finding space

Cesc Fabregas

Fabregas, who now plies his trade under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea, has expressed his admiration for Munir in the past, and believes the youngster is set to become a "special" player.

The 27-year-old playmaker said: "Munir is really something special. From what I've seen of him, he is a really good player.

"It's all gone pretty fast for him, but people have only been saying good things about him.

"He can play both on the wing and in the centre. His awareness and movement is superb and is excellent at finding space."